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The Five Towns-based Independent Coach Corporation is one of many school bus companies that are having a difficult time finding drivers.

Five Towns schools could be impacted by bus driver shortage

The shortage of school bus drivers in New York state that began nearly four years ago and that now stretches across the country has continued throughout, and been deepened by, the coronavirus pandemic. Five Towns school districts are concerned, and bus companies are aggressively recruiting drivers. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/26/21

Reading was the primary theme of the Lawrence School District’s Mid-Summer Check-In event on Aug. 10. From left were Lawrence Primary School Principal Kristen Mcloughlin, Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen, Lawrence Early Childhood Center Principal Lisa Tariq and Lawrence Middle School Principal Willis Perry.

Lawrence schools, they’re making reading cool

A teacher once told a classroom full of seventh-graders that if they could read, they could rule the world. The Lawrence School District’s goals might not be quite as lofty, but it plans to ensure that its students — from kindergartners to high school seniors — can read and are reading. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/19/21

Five Towns residents packed the Lawrence High School cafeteria to voice their opposition to a proposed three-building residential development in Cedarhurst.

Proposed Pearsall Project in Cedarhurst angers Five Towns residents

More than 150 Five Towns residents gathered at an Aug. 4 meeting of the Cedarhurst village board in the Lawrence High School cafeteria to voice their opposition to a proposed development that would bring three large residential buildings to an area off Rockaway Turnpike and Pearsall Avenue, in Cedarhurst, where there are currently several vacant lots, an abandoned warehouse, retail and smaller residential buildings. more

By Daniel Robertson | 8/11/21

The new SST’s future depends on Kennedy Airport

Here’s a quick note to United Airlines. You know that deal you recently announced with Boom Supersonic that has you placing options to purchase 15 Overture aircraft, the still-to-be-built supersonic transport planes? more

By Ronald J. Rosenberg | 7/29/21

Vally Stream resident Elmer Gutierrez pleaded guilty to a pair of 2018 murders in Far Rockaway and Lawrence as part of a gang of MS-13 members.

Valley Stream resident pleads guilty in Lawrence and Far Rockaway murders

Elmer Gutierrez, a known MS-13 street gang member, pleaded guilty on June 23 for taking part in the December 2018 murder of two young men in Far Rockaway and Lawrence. Gutierrez, 21, also known as … more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/24/21

It isn’t your grandma’s senior prom night

Prom 2021 is an act of faith. It is kids needing to shake off more than a year of lockdowns, shutdowns, sickness and isolation. It is a down payment on good times ahead after an avalanche of disappointments. more

6/3/21

Saying farewell to a president who put Hofstra on the map

I take note of the impending retirement of Dr. Stuart Rabinowitz, the president of Hofstra University. Having been a trustee of the university for almost 30 years, I have come to understand . . . more

5/13/21

Oldies but goodies have the right stuff

I married an older man, and this week he’s turning 75. When we met, I was 14 and he was 15. more

4/8/21

Gammy’s Pantry founder Sasha Young, kneeling with Five Towns Community Center Executive Director K. Brent Hill and Byron Alvarado Valiente, and volunteers last August.

Gammy’s Pantry remains vital as pandemic drags on

A little over a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, Gammy’s Pantry, in the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, has continued to help those in need of food. Pantry founder Sasha Young said that the need remains constant. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 3/31/21

Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, right, joined dozens of people to send off the Lawrence family, including Chris Lawrence, above, who has owned and operated C.J.’s Coffee Shop for more than 30 years.

‘You always wanted to go back’

Thankful patrons of C.J.’s Coffee Shop marched from Hughes Street to North Long Beach Road on March 6 to celebrate the community fixture and to watch as Mayor Francis Murray presented a … more

By Tom Carrozza | 3/18/21

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